Orappam/Rice flour Halwa

Orappam Which is a traditional snack with lot of health benefits.. a filling snack, Orginal recipe will put dum in the last stage here we don’t have the facility to put Charcol dum, so tried this as a Morden recipe.. Some called this as black halwa.. which is a famous in Nagercoil..
Orappam is a traditional snack of Kerala which is made on festive occasions . It is made like a halwa and then lightly baked to make it crusty and crunchy on the exterior. Inside it has a fudge like texture. It is made with rice flour and coconut milk, sugar/jaggery and a taste which will surely make you nostalgic. Since most home did not have ovens in earlier days it was baked by closing lid tightly and burning coconut shells and placing it on top and bottom “Which Called as dhum” they keep this dhum for over night…

I heard this Delicious Halwa from my grand ma…. Usually this dish will made in marriage houses… They called it as “Orappam” means One appam that was sliced to pieces & Served to the guest.. Famous Traditional dish of kerala…

My mama help to try this … Here i tried this dish in stove… any how i got the Perfect taste & Color… Fennel & Palm Jaggery gives the real flavor…. I assure it’s not a easy dish for beginners… well tough to do in stove… don’t worry next time im gonna try this in Baking… may be that will be easier than this…. here we start our recipe…

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hi tinku my grand ma is from Nedumangad, Kerala… from my grand ma only i know this recipe…. now my grand is no more… me and my mom recollect the materials for this dish and tried it… worth we got perfect taste… it's an ancient dish…

Thanks for the recipe.
This a typical Trivandrum dish. My paternal grandmother from Kilimanoor used to get this for us along with achappam and another rice flour dish. Orappam is an integral onam speciality.